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Common Development and Distribution License: History, Adoption & Terms

The Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) is a free and open-source software license, produced by Sun Microsystems, based on the Mozilla Public License (MPL). Files licensed under the CDDL can be combined with files licensed under other licenses, whether open source or proprietary. In 2005 the Open Source Initiative approved the license. The…

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Common Development and Distribution License topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Adoption and Terms as prominent areas in the source structure around Common Development and Distribution License.

Related topics: 56
Source areas: 4
Connected nodes: 60
Extracted relationships: 29
Concept neighborhoods: 30
Bridge connections: 60

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 33 topics

Adoption · 9 topics

Overview · 9 topics

Terms · 5 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

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Author: Sun Microsystems, Oracle Corporation
Publisher: Oracle Corporation
Copyleft: Yes, file-level
Debian FSG compatible: Yes
FSF approved: Yes (only 1.0)
GPL compatible: No

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Overview

Terms

Copyleft
GPL
BSD BSD license
MIT MIT license
Permissive licenses Permissive license

History

Open source Open source software
SPL Sun Public License
Oracle Oracle Corporation
Solaris Solaris (operating system)
Open source license
License proliferation
Free software
Virality Viral license
Danese Cooper
Debian conference
Simon Phipps Simon Phipps (programmer)
Bryan Cantrill
Cdrtools
Debian
Build system
Jörg Schilling
Smake Smake?action=edit&redlink=1
Violates the license Copyright infringement
Derived works Derivative work
Red Hat
Fedora Fedora (operating system)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Ubuntu Ubuntu (operating system)
OpenZFS
Kernel module
Eben Moglen
SFLC Software Freedom Law Center
Andrew File System
Bradley M. Kuhn
Karen M. Sandler
Software Freedom Conservancy
LTS Long-term support
ZFS on Linux

Adoption

OpenSolaris
DTrace
ZFS
Illumos distributions Illumos
NetBeans
GlassFish
JWSDP Java Web Services Development Pack
Project DReaM
OpenDJ

Advanced semantic analysis

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How Common Development and Distribution License connects Entity context

The extracted context around Common Development and Distribution License shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Common Development and Distribution License → April, CDDL, CDDL Analysis, CDDL Illustrated, Common Development, December, DFSG, Distribution License, Information, Licenses, Linux Weekly News Editorial, MPL1, October, Open Solaris SiteCopyrights, Opinion Piece, PDF, Redline, Retrieved, The Common Development Another extracted example is Common Development and Distribution License → Sun Microsystems, Oracle Corporation. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Common Development and Distribution License

Top relations

related to External links · 19

Common Development and Distribution License → April, CDDL, CDDL Analysis, CDDL Illustrated, Common Development, December, DFSG, Distribution License, Information, Licenses, Linux Weekly News Editorial, MPL1, October, Open Solaris SiteCopyrights, Opinion Piece, PDF, Redline, Retrieved, The Common Development

Author · 1

Common Development and Distribution License → Sun Microsystems, Oracle Corporation

Copyleft · 1

Common Development and Distribution License → Yes, file-level

Debian FSG compatible · 1

Common Development and Distribution License → Yes

FSF approved · 1

Common Development and Distribution License → Yes (only 1.0)

GPL compatible · 1

Common Development and Distribution License → No

Latest version · 1

Common Development and Distribution License → 1.1

Linking from code with a different license · 1

Common Development and Distribution License → Yes

OSI approved · 1

Common Development and Distribution License → Yes (only 1.0)

Publisher · 1

Common Development and Distribution License → Oracle Corporation

Important terminology

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Important terminology

cddl gpl license source software sun licenses open mpl incompatible also 2006 licensed free public kernel code cdrtools linux fsf

Common Development and Distribution License relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 29 structured relationships around Common Development and Distribution License. Examples in this analysis include Common Development and Distribution License → Author → Sun Microsystems, Oracle Corporation and Common Development and Distribution License → Copyleft → Yes, file-level. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Common Development and Distribution License	Author	Sun Microsystems, Oracle Corporation	1.00	infobox
Common Development and Distribution License	Copyleft	Yes, file-level	1.00	infobox
Common Development and Distribution License	Debian FSG compatible	Yes	1.00	infobox
Common Development and Distribution License	FSF approved	Yes (only 1.0)	1.00	infobox
Common Development and Distribution License	GPL compatible	No	1.00	infobox
Common Development and Distribution License	Latest version	1.1	1.00	infobox
Common Development and Distribution License	Linking from code with a different license	Yes	1.00	infobox
Common Development and Distribution License	OSI approved	Yes (only 1.0)	1.00	infobox
Common Development and Distribution License	Publisher	Oracle Corporation	1.00	infobox
Common Development and Distribution License	SPDX identifier	CDDL-1.1 CDDL-1.0	1.00	infobox
Common Development and Distribution License	related to External links	Common Development	0.60	section
Common Development and Distribution License	related to External links	Distribution License	0.60	section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Common Development and Distribution License bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Development, Distribution and Linux. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

Common Development and Distribution License
- Development
- Distribution
- Linux
- Public
- Microsystems
- Oracle
- Zfs
- Source
- Gpl
- Cdrtools
- Mozilla
- Free
common development and distribution license
- Development
- Distribution
- Linux
- Public
- Microsystems
- Oracle
- Zfs
- Source
- Gpl
- Cdrtools
- Mozilla
- Open
software license
- Public
- Source
- Foundation
- Gpl
- Open
- Sun
- Software
- Linux
- Also
- Fsf
- Mozilla
- One
mozilla public license
- Software
- Fsf
- Public
- Source
- Sun
- Gpl
- Foundation
- Open
- Also
- Zfs
- Cdrtools
- Mpl
free software foundation
- Software
- Foundation
- Free
- Public
- Fsf
- Sun
- Linux
- Cdrtools
- Incompatible
- License
- Licenses
- Considered
free software license
- Software
- Foundation
- Public
- Source
- Gpl
- Open
- Sun
- Linux
- Also
- Cdrtools
- Fsf
- Incompatible
gnu general public license
- Software
- Fsf
- Public
- Source
- Gpl
- Foundation
- Open
- Sun
- Also
- Zfs
- Cdrtools
- Linux
gpl
- Also
- License
- Incompatible
- Code
- Copyleft
- Source
- Licenses
- Argued
- One
- Mpl
- Public
- Licensed

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Common Development and Distribution License, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Common Development and Distribution License with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3

Common Development and Distribution License — History · splits 27 ⟂ 34

Common Development and Distribution License — Overview · splits 51 ⟂ 10

Common Development and Distribution License — Adoption · splits 51 ⟂ 10

Common Development and Distribution License — Terms · splits 55 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

Common Development and Distribution License

Nodes61

Edges60

Triples29

Avg. degree1.97

Density0.032787

Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Common Development and Distribution License to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Adoption & Terms, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Common Development and Distribution License · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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